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These secret subpoenas are targeting journalists
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort aren’t the first journalists to be targeted with administrative subpoenas. Unless Congress acts, they won’t be the last
White House thinks it’s above the law
Plus: A baffling capitulation from state attorneys general to David Ellison, and how his father is building a surveillance empire
White House defies judge who smacked down media ban
The government officials still enforcing the president’s unconstitutional ban should be held in contempt
The CNN “independence board” is a worthless, First Amendment nightmare
The board, required by a settlement between state attorneys general and Paramount, is a weak half-measure
Journalists, advocates demand Ellison condemn White House ban, back lawsuit
The Paramount Skydance CEO may soon own CNN. He should be condemning the outlet’s ban
FPF comments on Trump’s media ban announcement
The president’s latest attempt to punish the press is unconstitutional and just plain dumb
Pablo Torre shows why we need the PRESS Act
Plus: A press freedom win for foreign journalists
Federal court blocks Trump administration limits on foreign journalists
District judge rules that the burdensome visa renewal requirements would have been a betrayal of the First Amendment
It’s time to declassify 9/11 records
Plus: The government gives up on wiretapping charges against Tim Burke, and Congress must do more to protect journalists from Hegseth, no matter how bad he is at propagandizing
The Stars and Stripes firings look familiar to those behind bars
What censorship of prison newspapers can tell us of where the military news outlet may be headed
